There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them.

Enough is ever-receding.

Beauty and virtue: the most kissable ass in the world is no guarantee of good intentions.

I am most drawn to writing when I have something else urgent to do.

You are as happy as you think you are, but not necessarily as miserable as you imagine.

Healthy vanity sweeps through life. Sickly vanity lies in bed.

Love begins with an image; lust with a sensation.